Women Who Travel Podcast: What We've Learned by Traveling as Mothers

Throughout the first half of this season, two women have repeatedly cropped up in the podcast: our mothers. Whether it’s to shout out all the crazy places they’ve traveled to in the past, the books they’ve made us read, or the time one of them put life on hold and rode a motorbike across continents, we'd be remiss to discuss the way we travel and approach the world without acknowledging the women who have shaped us. It made total sense, then, to dedicate our fifth episode of Women Who Travel to motherhood.

This week, we were joined by Traveler’s deputy digital director, Laura Redman, features director Alex Postman, and globetrotting contributor Anna Davies, all of whom are mothers, writers, and travelers, to explore the ways being a mother affects the way we travel. To kick things off, our guests compare notes on how everything from the types of trips they take to what they prioritize on the ground has changed (spoiler alert: your kids will not care about that quaint French château as much as you do); answer if it’s ever too early to start traveling with your children; and recall all the times they didn’t call their own parents while on the move—but probably should have. Plus, we’ll touch on how raising well-traveled kids doesn’t have to mean expensive vacations abroad (hello, cross-country road trip), and wrap things up by shining a spotlight on why, in this current political climate, it’s so important to show our children the world and to expose them to the different ways people live.

Thanks to Anna, Alex, and Laura for the lively conversation. Plus, a massive thanks to Kerrianne Thomas for engineering and mixing. Check back every Monday for the latest installment of Women Who Travel. To keep up with our podcast each week, subscribe to Women Who Travel on the iTunes store and if you have a minute to spare, leave a review—we’d love to hear from you.